This Funky Music Video Was Danced into Existence
You might not have any idea of what you’re looking at in this music video for Belgian five-piece STUFF‘s track “Axlotl”—but no matter, because that’s all part of the fun. Plus, we’ll explain. The song itself is taken from STUFF’s latest, and second, album Old Dreams New Planets. An album that journeys across “broken hip-hop, electronica and jazz-influenced future funk.”
The video for “Axlotl” features abstract shapes jiving to the song’s snazzy, freeform, I’m-dancing-in-a-field-lost-in-an-MDMA-rush vibe. It’s made by Frederik Jassogne, a Belgian artist, film editor, and theater stage designer. The creative process of this video was featured on VICE – The creators. You can read the article here.
axlotl is taken from the second STUFF. album old dreams new planets that is out now on Sdban Ultra.
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Tags: avant-gardejazz, Frederik Jassogne, old dreams new planets, Sdban Ultra, Stuff., Vinyl, Yto Barrada
Here’s a live session of the track ‘strata’ recorded by Kurt De Leijer for the last LeFtO – In Transit episode ; a five-part documentary series with Belgian DJ LeFtO, following him across the globe as he presents five different cities through the medium he knows best: underground music. (recorded inside a stripped down hall of Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen)
STUFF.’s new album, ‘old dreams, new planets’ is released on 28 April on Sdan Ultra
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Tags: avant-gardejazz, Belgium, funk, Hip Hop, Lefto, old dreams new planets, Sdban Ultra, Stuff.
Starlight will debut on Lucy‘s Stroboscopic Artefacts with the Untitled EP.
The American DJ and performance artist is known to employ DJ tools, audio hardware, and her own body in live exhibitions and collaborations. Her intimate knowledge of techno (particularly the raw and uncompromising variety designed by the likes of Jeff Mills, Mike Banks, Joey Beltram and her collaborative partners Surgeon and Regis) has taken her to the studio, where she now provides Stroboscopic Artefacts with a 4-track contribution to this ongoing legacy of ecstasy.
Listen Unitled EP below, and check out RA feature here
Stroboscopic Artefacts will release Untitled EP on May 19th, 2017.
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Tags: Lady Starlight, Lucy, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Surgeon, Techno
His mix ‘Farhana’, ‘She’s happy’ in Arabic contains quite some oestrogen. It was original made to promote Radio Martiko‘s Japan tour late November 2016. This all vinyl mix include tracks from Abdou El Omari, Alfredito Valdez, Ansel Wyatt Combo, Kecem Kafi, Silvestre Montez Y Sus Guantanameros and more.
Abdou El Omari Nuits-trilogy LP#1 is out now, with LP#2 and LP#3 on February 13th and April 14th, 2017, respectively
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Tags: Abdou El Omari, All Vinyl, Bellydance, Exotica, Greece, Guaracha, Lebanon, Maghreb, Mambo, Psychedelic, Radio Martiko, Sudan
NTS does all Jeff Mills
Welcome along to “The Outer Limits”, the first in a four part series where we’ll be exploring the back catalogue of Axis. Now in it’s 25th year, the label has proved itself as one of the most forward thinking Techno imprints, releasing music from artists such as Robert Hood, Hieroglyphic Being, Sub Space & more.
But for this episode we’re going to be focusing on tracks from the label’s founder Jeff Mills. Delving into releases on Axis as well as sub-label Purpose Maker. Plus un-released and rarely heard music from the archives. Techno is still largely heard by the public in edited form, mixed from one track into other and beat matched. But in this show we’ll be exploring all the tracks in their entirety start to finish. Curated by Mills hosted by Moxie.
Axis Records starts it’s 25th anniversary with a brand new website – visit http://www.axisrecords.com
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Tags: Ambient, Axis Records, Detroit Techno, Jeff Mills, NTS, Soundtrack, Techno
CLASSICAL VIOLINIST. JAZZ CAT. TEACHER. SCORE PRODUCER. COMPOSER
RENE COSTY (1918-1997)
1997. Howie B (Björk, Tricky, U2) discovers a rare gem in the archives of the library music series Chappel Music: on Volume 26 of ‘Chappell Mood Music’, a 1972 piece of music called ‘Scrabble’ shines like an oyster pearl.
The British musician/producer uses the break of the song as the foundation of ‘Switch’, the standout piece on his breakthrough album ‘Turn the Dark Off’ (1997). Shortly afterwards, ‘Scrabble’ is also discovered by Common (‘U, Black Maybe’), Fila Brazilia (‘DNA’) and J-Dilla (on the underground club hit ‘Fuck the Police’), and DJ’s start paying hard cash for the original album.
Expectancy: Collected Library Gems From The 70’s is a selection out of more than 400 tracks from René Costy, a versatile and insatiable artist. It’s hard to underestimate the importance of this compilation, which focuses on Costy’s library music production from the ’70s. Comes as 180 gram vinyl; Comes in a gatefold sleeve with liner notes; Includes a download code
Sdban will release Expectancy on March 3rd, 2017
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Tags: Expectancy, funk, Jazz, Library Music, Psych, René Costy, sdban, Soundtrack, Vinyl
